The bitcoins stolen from the hacked Bitfinex trading platform in 2016 are most recently being moved as the hackers behind the operation moved about 77.64 bitcoins on Tuesday, equivalent to about $797,000 at the time of the alert issued by “Whale Alert” on Twitter.

The thieves last moved about $255,000 (28.4 bitcoin) on May 22.

Transfers and remittances almost coincide with every rise in the price of bitcoin, as bitcoin crossed the $10,000 threshold on Tuesday.

According to the data provided by Source The price of Bitcoin has risen by 6% in the past hours due to the large spending of the world’s governments to tackle the Corona virus.

Investors consider Bitcoin a hedge against inflation in these uncertain times.

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It seems that the hackers finally decided to move their stolen bitcoins from the Bitfinex platform, which was hacked in 2016 and stole 120 thousand bitcoins, which were estimated at the time at $ 72 million, but at the present time they are estimated at $ 1.2 billion.

According to report Released by Ciphertrace yesterday, June 2nd, losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacking and fraud rose to nearly $1.4 billion during the first five months of this year.

In the same report submitted by Ciphertrace, it says that it has also started noticing digital crimes related to the Corona virus, where digital currencies are used for payments, but the platform indicates that the number is still small.

And the Corona virus is exploited by criminals by hunting their victims from social media, to later ask them to pay with cryptocurrencies, according to Ciphertrace.

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